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OFFICE AND SHOP PREMISES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 14

Seats for sedentary work.

14.(1) Without prejudice to the general obligation imposed by section 13,
where any work done in any premises to which this Act applies is of such a
kind that it (or a substantial part of it) can, or must, be done sitting,
there shall be provided for each person employed to do it there a seat of a
design, construction and dimensions suitable for him and it, together with a
foot-rest on which he can readily and comfortably support his feet if he
cannot do so without one.

(2) A seat provided in pursuance of subsection (1), and a foot-rest so
provided that does not form part of a seat, must be adequately and properly
supported while in use for the purpose for which it is provided.

(3) For the purpose of subsection (1), the dimensions of an adjustable seat
shall be taken to be its dimensions as for the time being adjusted.

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